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Bruins' win in Game Seven of Stanley Cup Final drew 8.54 million viewers on NBC

NBC earned a 4.8 final Nielsen rating and 8.54 million viewers for Wednesday night's Bruins-Canucks NHL Stanley Cup Final Game Seven from 8:00-11:06pm ET, marking the highest-rated NHL game in 37 years and most-viewed game in 38 years. The Game Seven audience was up 11.6% and 6.9%, respectively, from a 4.3 rating and 7.99 million viewers from the last Game Seven, which featured Penguins-Red Wings in '09. Bruins-Canucks is also up 45.5% and 131.7%, respectively, from a 3.3 rating and 3.69 million viewers for the Hurricanes-Oilers finale in '06 on NBC, which was the last Game Seven to feature a Canadian team. Wednesday's game led NBC to a win among all nets for the night among viewers, adults 18-49 and all key male demos. For the se ...